Good Gear Guide - Stories by Scott Nichols RSS feedhttp://www.goodgearguide.com.au/author/66187710/scott-nichols/articlesen-auFri, 16 Jan 2009 06:06:00 +1100Social network sites not just for teenshttp://www.goodgearguide.com.au/article/273278/social_network_sites_just_teens/?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=authorfeedThe common perception of social networking sites is that they are the exclusive realm of teens and college students. However a recent study conducted by Pew Research shows that every year, more and more adults are hopping aboard social networking sites. Scott NicholsFri, 16 Jan 2009 06:06:00 +1100http://www.goodgearguide.com.au/article/273278/social_network_sites_just_teens/?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=authorfeedBlu-ray dominates Christmas saleshttp://www.goodgearguide.com.au/article/272074/blu-ray_dominates_christmas_sales/?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=authorfeedBack before Thanksgiving I predicted that Blu-ray sales would suffer during the holiday season due to the high cost of both the player and HDTVs combined with the current economic recession, among other reasons. But after seeing the report from the British Video Association declaring Blu-ray sales have risen almost 400 percent for the 2008 holiday season over the same period of time last year, it is clear that I was wrong. Scott NicholsTue, 06 Jan 2009 06:46:00 +1100http://www.goodgearguide.com.au/article/272074/blu-ray_dominates_christmas_sales/?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=authorfeedMan Tweets from plane crashhttp://www.goodgearguide.com.au/article/271744/man_tweets_from_plane_crash/?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=authorfeedIf you had just survived a plane crash, what would you do? Call loved ones to tell them you're okay? Check if your luggage survived? Twitter? Mike Wilson, a passenger on the Continental Airlines flight that skidded off the runway in Denver over the weekend chose option C, tweeting his experience for all to read. Scott NicholsWed, 24 Dec 2008 07:54:00 +1100http://www.goodgearguide.com.au/article/271744/man_tweets_from_plane_crash/?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=authorfeedAndroid G2 Rumors Blazehttp://www.goodgearguide.com.au/article/271673/android_g2_rumors_blaze/?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=authorfeedThe T-Mobile G1 phone has been fairly successful so far, although it hasn't yet approached usurping the iPhone from its lofty consumer throne. And so the rumours have already started about the possibility of an Android G2 phone. Scott NicholsTue, 23 Dec 2008 05:45:00 +1100http://www.goodgearguide.com.au/article/271673/android_g2_rumors_blaze/?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=authorfeedArtist wants cyborg webcam eyehttp://www.goodgearguide.com.au/article/267901/artist_wants_cyborg_webcam_eye/?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=authorfeedSometimes people use technology such as artificial limbs to regain capabilities that they have lost. San Francisco artist Tanya Vlach lost her left eye in a 2005 car accident. Since then she has used a prosthetic eye, but now she wants something more.Scott NicholsWed, 19 Nov 2008 05:35:00 +1100http://www.goodgearguide.com.au/article/267901/artist_wants_cyborg_webcam_eye/?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=authorfeedApple's Brick rumored to be new manufacturing processhttp://www.goodgearguide.com.au/article/262935/apple_brick_rumored_new_manufacturing_process/?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=authorfeedThe rumor mills have been running at full capacity to figure out the mystery behind a new Apple product called the MacBook Brick. Over at 9to5mac an (undisclosed and unspecified) Apple insider revealed that the Brick is in fact a new manufacturing process. This new manufacturing process is based around using lasers and water-jets to carve a single block of aluminum into a MacBook chassis. Scott NicholsTue, 07 Oct 2008 12:23:00 +1100http://www.goodgearguide.com.au/article/262935/apple_brick_rumored_new_manufacturing_process/?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=authorfeedBlu-ray only has 5 years left, says Samsung exechttp://www.goodgearguide.com.au/article/259368/blu-ray_only_has_5_years_left_says_samsung_exec/?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=authorfeedBlu-ray may have won the format war over HD-DVD, but how long will that victory last?Scott NicholsFri, 05 Sep 2008 12:34:00 +1000http://www.goodgearguide.com.au/article/259368/blu-ray_only_has_5_years_left_says_samsung_exec/?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=authorfeed